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A peasant with a spade over his shoulder, standing in a landscape Donkey from behind
Draughtsman: Dolci, Agnese (not Maria)
Height: 93 mm
Width: 148 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1917-12) by Murray, Charles Fairfax
Copied from Callot's print, 'Le paysan portant sa pelle sur l'épaule', (Lieure 239). The bust of a seated peasant, copied from Callot's print, 'Le paysan se déchaussant' (Lieure 243).
Brown ink
Black chalk
Red chalk
Support composed of laid paper
Drawing (image-making) : Recto: pen and brown ink over black chalk, brown and pink wash, bordered on all sides by a line of black chalk verso: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Accession number: 904*3 f.35
Primary reference Number: 9747
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "A peasant with a spade over his shoulder, standing in a landscape" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/9747 Accessed: 2023-06-07 23:52:37
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Accession Number: C.13-1954
Accession Number: 904*3 f.36
Accession Number: O.164-2008
Accession Number: GR.2.2016
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